Background and Objective It has been demonstrated that periodontitis induces systemic
inflammation, which may impair endothelial function leading to increased cardiovascular …

Objective Recently, the association between periodontal diseases and polycystic ovary
syndrome (PCOS) has been established, and it has been revealed that visfatin levels …

Background Visfatin is an inflammatory adipokine that has been linked to obesity and plays
a key function in immune response modulation. It's also been proposed that it's a pro …

Objective: The aim of the present study is to verify the hypothesis that salivary and serum
lipocalin-2 and visfatin, and vitamin (D, C, and E) used as indicators for chronic periodontitis …

Smoking and diabetes mellitus have been recognized as significant modifying factors of the
evolution of periodontitis, being considered at the moment as descriptive factors in the …

Fentoğlu Ö, Köroğlu BK, Hiçyılmaz H, Sert T, Özdem M, Sütçü R, Tamer MN, Orhan H, Ay ZY,
Öztürk Tonguç M, Kırzıoğlu FY. Pro‐inflammatory cytokine levels in association between …

Cytokines play an important role in the pathology associated with chronic inflammatory
diseases. One of these cytokines, interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a major mediator of the host …

There is little known about the effect of the periodontopathogen Filifactor alocis on
macrophages as key cells of the innate immune defense in the periodontium. Therefore, the …

Materials and Methods: Twenty individuals with moderate to severe chronic periodontitis
and twenty periodontally healthy individuals were selected for this study according to clinical …

Objectives To evaluate initial periodontal treatment effects on gingival crevicular fluid (GCF)
interleukin-6 (IL-6), tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA), plasminogen activator inhibitor …